April 30, 2018
In celebration of International Jazz Day on April 30, we've plumbed the Excellence In Jazz archives for highlights from features we've done over the years, from interviews with Jimmy Smith and Joey Alexander to the story behind "Take Five."
April 30, 2018
(AP) — An effort by California conservatives to repeal a recent increase in gas taxes and vehicle registration fees ramped up Monday as the supporters turned in more than 940,000 signatures to put the question before voters in November.
April 30, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence says 250 California National Guard troops are on their way to the border. The vice president rallied border patrol agents in Calexico, about 100 miles from a caravan of asylum seekers who arrived in Tijuana over the weekend.
.jpg&width=480 "In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, a driver displaying Lyft and Uber stickers on his front windshield drops off a customer in downtown Los Angeles.")
April 30, 2018
(AP) — In a big win for labor advocates, the California Supreme Court on Monday limited businesses from classifying workers as independent contractors who can't receive key employment protections.
.jpg&width=480 "The Nestlé project will be powered by solar, wind, biomass and hydroelectric power. Pictured is SMUD’s Rancho Seco Solar Array.")
April 30, 2018 | Ezra David Romero
A water bottling plant in Sacramento is going green. In May, Nestlé Water North America will begin drawing all of its power from renewable sources at it's Sacramento plant, which in the past was criticized for bottling city water during drought.
.jpg&width=480 "California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks after being endorsed for the 2018 California Governor's race by Sen. Kamala Harris at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018.")
April 30, 2018 | Chris Nichols
PolitiFact California on Friday rated False a claim in the campaign’s "First" ad, which is still airing statewide, but later we noticed a separate TV ad that had similar talking points but omitted the claim Newsom was "first" to take on the NRA.
April 30, 2018 | Bob Moffitt
A Sacramento woman is coming forward decades later to say she was assaulted by Joseph James DeAngelo as a young teenager in Visalia.
April 30, 2018
The leaders discussed trade and security issues — and Trump spoke of a possible meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
April 30, 2018
Investigators hunting for the so-called Golden State Killer turned to searching genetic websites in 2017 but misidentified an Oregon man as a potential suspect.
April 30, 2018 | Ben Bradford
Technology company IBM is proposing to get into the education business in California.
